Well, that’s the last time I go to Mount Gambier! I would link to this story, but that would push its Google PageRank even higher. As it is, I’ve already had my place as the #1 result for “Ben Hourigan” usurped. Given that I tell people “if you’re not the top hit for your own [...]
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With this blog having been out of action so long, there’s a lot of upgrading to do. I’ve upgraded to WordPress 2.5, and to K2 RC6, losing my custom CSS and header image of the Melbourne skyline in the process. Expect to see some of it back soon.
Watch out: if you ever find yourself writing homogenous, you probably mean homogeneous. According to the New Oxford American Dictionary: Homogeneous: “of the same kind, alike … consisting of parts all of the same kind.” Homogenous: “an old fashioned term for homologous,” which means “having the same relation, relative position, or structure.” This is one [...]
It’s been over a year. Towards the middle of 2007 I became unsure what image and content this blog was trying to put forward, so I put up a basic placeholder with this short bio: Benjamin Hourigan is the editor at the Centre for Independent Studies, a libertarian think-tank based in Sydney. He has previously [...]
Read the novel
Kiss Me, Genius Boy is Ben Hourigan's debut novel, and the first of three volumes in the No More Dreams series. Available on the full range of ebook platforms starting at just 99c on Kindle, KMGB is an unforgettable tragi-comic tale of teen romance and obsession. Full details here.About
Ben Hourigan is an indie novelist, the author of Kiss Me, Genius Boy (2011). He is also the manager of digital operations at a Melbourne design publisher, a freelance writer and editor, and the founder of ebook label hourigan.co.
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- http://t.co/HUAYYP8b My entry as a freelance writer and editor on Editors Victoria's excellent Freelance Register.
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WordPress 2.6 and Freshy
In the absence of genuine content updates, the long-overdue announcement that this site no longer uses WordPress 2.5 or K2, but is now on WordPress 2.6 and a new theme. I spent several weeks looking for a new base theme for my WordPress sites, and I finally settled on Freshy. Paired with the aptly named [...]